I found the article to be insightful and interesting in how it used broad strokes to tie together the social changes (feminism, the welfare state, the contracep

I found the article to be insightful and interesting in how it used broad strokes to tie together the social changes (feminism, the welfare state, the contraceptive pill, class and gender differences in attitudes to counselling) and economic changes, (mechanisation, globalisation, the decline of industry, lower pay for unskilled labour) and how these changes impact on well-being (both individual happiness and successful relationships). The article also highlighted that class is just as relevant as gender: “the fact that the highest rungs have male feet all over them is scant comfort for the men at the bottom”.